LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA WORKSHOP IN KOREA,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000585 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA WORKSHOP IN KOREA, JUNE 29, 2009 TO JULY 03, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Pandemic Influenza Workshop - Korea, which will begin on 29 June, ¶2009. Post vetting was completed on June 09, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 18 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Fazlul Hoque Rank: Colonel Unit: CMH Unit Location: Momenshahi Personal Number: BA - 100377 Date of Birth: 1 June 1955 Place of Birth: Jamalpur, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: S M Motahar Hossain Rank: Colonel Unit: CMH Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA - 100403 Date of Birth: 2 April 1957 Place of Birth: Bagerhat, Bangladesh ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty